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“As part of the entertainment industry, music venues also attract English-speaking visitors and that’s where my translations come in.”

Who does your translations?

Your website, your presentations and your sales material make a difference to how people see you and your business. And, if you’re trying to find customers or attract visitors from other countries, they are even more important. You might spend thousands on a logo or one web design, but how much care do you take over the material you produce in English? Who does your translations?

If you do them yourself, are you sure your command of English is good enough not to make mistakes that could embarrass you and your business? Do you really trust the sales manager’s daughter who’s just come back from a three-month stay in London to do a professional job? Can you get away with just running it all through Google translate? And if you contact a translation agency, how do you know who they’ll get to do the job?

Come to SJB Translations and all these worries will be a thing of the past. My name is Simon Berrill and I can cater for all your Spanish, Catalan and French to English translation needs. If you wish, I can also correct texts in English or write original copy in the language. You can rely on me because I’ve been writing and correcting texts in English for more than 25 years, and translating since 2001. You can rely on me because of the millions of words I’ve translated since then and the dozens of satisfied customers who come back to me time and again because they like my work and the way I treat them. You can rely on me because with SJB Translations you can meet me or phone me or Skype me and you will know exactly who’s doing your translations.

"We've been working with Simon for just over a year. We're a company offering active tourism and he's done lots of translations for us from the beginning, including the website and brochures, as well as answering one-off linguistic queries. We're delighted with his speed, efficiency and professionalism. We won't hesitate to continue working with him."

Dolça Puig, La Rafting CompanyMarch 22, 2016

“The Catalunya-La Pedrera has been working with Simon Berrill's translation service for some time now. Most of the jobs are translations we do for the English websites of our facilities. Right from the beginning we hve been very happy with this professional relationship, which has never let us down. SJB Translations offers a fast, effective, careful service at a competitive price.”

Alba TosquellaHead of Corporate Image and New Channels at the Catalunya-La Pedrera FoundationJune 4, 2015

"As well as what they're about, books have to transmit emotions. A good translation has to be able to maintain that emotion in another language and that's not always easy. Simon Berrill has been working with Cossetània Edicions for some time and the books on tourism which he translates into English help put across the city's exciting cultural heritage to its visitors."

June 4, 2015

"Simon is a highly professional translator who I can recommend unreservedly. I've worked with him several times, always with exceptional results. He has also shown himelf to be a person capable of adapting to the demands of projects, even when they change at short notice."

October 12, 2014

"Throughout his work for the Catalan Pyrenees Regional Natural Park, Simon Berrill has shown us that he has the capacity to successfully complete a project as important as this one, involving two UNESCO world heritage listed sites.

He has shown overall vision, ability to react and real cultural, academic and heritage thoroughness as part of an action involving multiple partners.

His ability to react, autonomy and flexible working have resulted in a quality translation job.

As well as these competences, Mr. Berrill has the essential technical and academic virtues and qualities to support the planning and implementation of a series of international signs taking account of the concerns and requirements of a UNESCO site.

All his experience, together with his education, make Simon Berrill a creative translator, whose technical ability and knowledge have been real assets for my work and for the success of this project."

Benjamin MaccioniUNESCO project coordinatorMay 22, 2014

“We started working with Simon for the translations of a magazine that was published in 2007 and we have carried on doing things together ever since. He now does all the translations of programmes and publications for our live music venues in Barcelona. We work to tight deadlines and I have to say that working with Simon is very fluid because he makes everything easy. He’s flexible, quick and very professional. Whenever I send him a job he gives a delivery date and he’s never been late, quite the contrary.”

Imma FloresPrinting and Production at Mas i MasApril 8, 2014

“At Angle we can’t imagine a book with texts in English that aren’t translated by Simon, particularly the dozen official Barça football books we have published, always with his tight, exciting, perfect translations.”

Joan SimonEditor, Angle EditorialApril 7, 2014

“Simon is one of the freelances we have been working with regularly for more than two years for translations and revisions in English. We’re delighted with his professionalism: he’s careful, delivers on time and adapts to the requirements of each project we assign him.”

Martine FernándezMar TraduccionesApril 7, 2014

“We have been working with Simon Berrill for more than ten years. His professionalism is beyond any doubt. He delivers on time, is impeccable in both translations and corrections and is particularly outstanding in tackling highly technical projects with the greatest care. He is one of the best English translators in Spain. A guarantee of good results.”

Tomeu Simóe-traducta, MallorcaApril 7, 2014

“We would like to express our satisfaction with the excellent relationship we have maintained with Simon for many years. We really value his easy, rapid response, the quality of his work and the way he always meets project deadlines.”

April 7, 2014

“I have been sending translation and correction work to Simon Berrill for more than ten years and I can say that he is a quality, efficient, fast and very professional translator.

During that time, he has worked on institutional, management and administrative texts related to the university and also on research publications in various fields, such as business administration and marketing, history, communication science, etc.

I particularly value the fact that he responds quickly to offers of work, which makes it much easier to organise the work as translation and correction project manager. He is also always willing to clear up queries or consider alternatives that I suggest as a fellow translator and corrector.”

April 7, 2014

“We recommend Simon because when he gives you a delivery date for a translation he sticks to it. He is reliable and professional in this respect and the translations are also very well done.”

Jose Antonio AldanaManager, FustaliaApril 1, 2014

“Fenster is a leading company in Barcelona manufacturing and installing aluminium and PVC windows. Simon Berrill did the English translation of our website. The terminology to be translated was difficult because it was very technical and specific to a sector, but we are very satisfied with the results and would not hesitate to recommend Simon’s services.”

Francisco CordobaManager, FensterMarch 28, 2014

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